BOMBING: Dozens of bombs fall in Yap targets from one of the many raids inflicted by the 7th AAF Liberators. 1944.

BOMBING: Yap runway (Caroline Island Group) was target on 22 June 1944 for Consolidated B-24 Liberators of 13th Air Task Force, which bombed and destroyed 16 Japanese planes set five fuel trucks afire, and completed the roundtrip of about 2,100 miles without loss.

BOMBING: Applying the finishing touches to the badly battered island of Yap in the Carolines, these Liberator bombers of the 13th AAF recently blasted a power plant just southwest of Yap town causing large explosions resulting in 4 huge fires with smoke rising to 5,000 feet and visible for 120 miles from the target. In addition to the destruction of the power plant, 3 or 4 small buildings were also destroyed. 1944.

BOMBING: LIBERATOR OVER YAP – A U.S. Army 13th Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator is shown withdrawing from Yap Island after the formation bombed the strip, equipment, fuel dump and personnel areas during the first daylight raid on the Japanese stronghold by land-based bombers. The surprise attack destroyed 15 aircraft on the ground and damaged an additional 10 to 15 planes. The formation flew more than 2,000 miles on the round trip. This was another “first” for the 13th , which also launched daylight attacks on Truk by land-based bombers.

BOMBING: Before bombing seaplane base. 1944.

BOMBING: HEADQUARTERS, 7th AAF, CENTRAL PACIFIC: Mokil Island, Japanese outpost in the Carolines, gets its first bombing by planes of the Seventh Air Force. Mokil lies between Pingelap & Ponape and is a stepping stone on the Pacific route to Truk. 1944.

MISCELLANEOUS: Two native boys clean a couple of pairs of shoes for men assigned to the fighter and bomber headquarters on this Mariana Island. 1945.

OPERATIONS: HIROSHIMA ATOMIC BOMB CREW – At the briefing prior to flight of the Enola Gay , Capt. William S. Parsons and Col. Tibbets go over last-minute data. Both are members of the crew that dropped the first atomic bomb. 1945.

BOMBING: Pagan Island, Marianas, too close for comfort to the strategic new Marianas bases of the 7th Air Force, gets a neutralizing cluster of heavy bombs from a 7th Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator. 1944.

RECREATION: Cpl. Joseph Pasqua, son of Mr. & Mrs. H. Pasqua, debates which of the 19 different sauces, flavorings and spices he might use to alter the viennna sausages, boiled dry rice, boiled dry beans and dry bread at a 7th AAF Bomber Sq. mess in the Mariana Islands. Among those things before him are mustard, horse radish, peanut butter, French dressing, pickled tomato slices, chili sauce, A-1 sauce, Worcestershire sauce, catsup, log cabin syrup, peach jam, India relish, Tabasco peppers, sweet pickle-tomato relish, tabasco sauce, salt, pepper, sugar, and steak sauce. Cpl. Pasqua, a Hqs. Supply clerk, has known C-rations for two years. 1945.